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Pine Rock Quarry, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Prehnite
Pine Rock Quarry, Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Photo: 2011 Harold Moritz

Latitude: 41°20'17"N
Longitude: 72°57'4"W

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Ryerson (1976) describes the Pine Rock Quarry thusly: "This quarry is located off Fitch Street opposite the complex of Southern Connecticut State College, and on the same side as the cemetery. Apophyllite, chabazite, heulandite, prehnite and laumonite, as well as other zeolite minerals, have been reported from the Pine Rock Quarry."

Mineral List

'Apophyllite'
Calcite

'Chabazite'
'Heulandite'

Prehnite
'Stilbite'

6 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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References

Ryerson, Kathleen H. (1972), Rock Hounds Guide to Connecticut.

Rocks & Minerals (1995): 70: 396-409.

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